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#4 Bale and Neymar fail to live up to their hefty price tags
Gareth Bale and Neymar arrived in Spain last summer as two of the World’s most expensive players shouldering enormous expectations. Both of them were expected to reduce the burden on Messi and Ronaldo respectively. But on Sunday night, they showed that they aren’t there just yet.
With 10 goals and 11 assists since signing Bale has certainly started well but has only been good in flashes. On Sunday night, he wasn’t one of the better players and there was little to show in terms of end product and was quite subdued.
Neymar, who has been troubled with injury all season, has still managed seven goals and eight assists, but he too was unable to break free of the shackles on Sunday night. It looked as though he wasn’t quite ready to shoulder the responsibility on his slender shoulders.
